BBC News 73% of local governments in the UK, 57% of secondary schools in England, 60% of hospitals in the NHS, as well as universities and police forces use surveillance equipment from China Surveillance equipment in the UK According to a recent study by Big Brother Watch, a civil rights and privacy advocacy group in the UK,
video monitors made by the two Chinese companies are used by many public institutions in the UK. This includes 73% of local governments in the UK, 57% of secondary schools in England, 60% of hospitals in the NHS, as well as universities and forces. According to the raster to vector conversion civil rights group, government departments including the Home Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are clearly using Hi kvi iont0 requests to public bodies under this law, but less than 30% of public bodies have responded .
Big Brother Watch derived the above data only from responding public agencies. Call for ban on Chinese surveillance devices The 67 MPs called for "a ban on the sale and use of and surveillance equipment in the UK, and condemned their use of technology in human rights abuses in China". MPs also want the government to conduct an independent national review of video surveillance use in the UK. Madeleine of Big Brother Watch. "No democracy should have this kind of surveillance technology on its streets," said Madeleine Stone. British lawmakers made the call as parliament resumed discussions on the Procurement Bill on Monday.